Flawed Gods

by Angela B. Mortimer

In a future, planetary world, a former Varan lover who was misjudged and sent away as a criminal abducts the beautiful Doella from the man she agreed to marry. Thus begins the odyssey of two fleeing, passionate lovers who are pursued by her jilted bond-mate and eventually by Varan authorities. No Varan ever changed his or her bond mate. Marriage was for life. Doella’s hair was like a pale gold waterfall, and her eyes were the color of deep green emeralds. She was powerful, intuitive, and her golden body easily surrendered to her recurring need for passion. The odyssey to flee Varan pursuit leads to encounters with menacing societies, dangerous dragons, lecherous kings, and cunning wizards… until the Varan authorities and the jilted bond-mate capture Doella and her troupe. However Doella’s infidelity and lack of honor is now insignificant with the discovery of a threat to annihilate the Varan civilization. The last best Varan hope is to send Doella back into her most horrifying encounter. The clock is ticking … in a fascinating, suspenseful and sexy read.

314 pages, Paperback

Published June 7, 2012

About the author

Born in the UK, married a gorgeous Aussie and have been living happily here ever since. Attended West of England college of art. Love reading sci-fi, fantasy and my fav subjects like genetics, planet sciences, philosophy, history - especially ancient, and of course space. I dreamt of being an astronaut. I've been writing since I could and painting for as long. I love the outdoors and gazing at the stars and wondering what might be out there.

Reviews

[C.A. A. Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very entertaining sci-fi/fantasy story. It all starts off in the city of London. We are introduced to an office worker named Doella. She looks human and acts human. She is also drop dead gorgeous! She is really a supernatural Godlike being who lives among us incognito. She is long-lived and knows of many times. Her race is known as the Varans. They are engineers and build civilizations and help steer evolution. The Varan project planets are Earth-like. Humans are their children to be guided. These project/colonies are scattered across the universe. The Varans can travel to them swiftly and can move within a protective bubble when needed.

The story quickly moves to Doella being abducted and then eloping with an escaped Varan prisoner from another world and dimension. They embark on a pilgrimage of adventure and we visit other humanoid worlds in various stages of evolution and decay. They are being pursued by other Varans who wish to bring them back to the homeworld and answer for wrongdoings etc.

The story becomes more colourful and mildly erotic as the capricious crusade progresses. One adventure turns into another as our super titan god people meet other super races. There are Humans developing in all types of strange society and another super-being known as Sark. He is a Hyclos. Before long, Doella has a selection of devoted male concubines that adore her as she does them. Some can control their jealousy while others can’t. Doella always seems to have a way of mollifying them as they can communicate feelings telepathically.

Dragons come into the story too. It is very entertaining and splendid science fiction with telepathy often used to communicate and mind melding to explain experiences. Some of the worlds are like fantasy landscapes with grand castles etc. It all makes for some splendid escapism. For me, Doella is an unflawed Goddess in Flawed Gods.